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Mining classical music gold.

I’ve been streaming for months now.  For some unexplainable reason I’ve been concentrating for the main part on the latest classical releases out there . Quizzically, I have ignored the unlimited access to recorded history that we have in our hands. Heifetz, Horowitz, Reiner, Toscanini, Piatigorsky, Stokowski and countless other twentieth century geniuses are copiously available.  I just can’t believe it took me this long to wake up.

I’m writing this for any classical music lovers who, like me, have been blind to the mind-blowing potential afforded us.

rvpiano
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For some reason Audiogon has not posted it yet.  Hopefully they will.

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Underrated and rarely spoken of Emil Gilels is a genius pianist. Rudolf Serkin is another. @rvpiano check out Gilels Beethoven and Mozart sonatas. Incredible. 
I rarely stumble upon a new classical release that impresses me. Thankfully there’s plenty to go thru with the classics. 

My go to favorite violinists are Heifetz and Oistrakh. Acoustic Sounds has a few Heifetz recordings on vinyl from their Analog Productions series. Good stuff. 

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Underrated and rarely spoken of Emil Gilels is a genius pianist.

I concur and felt ashamed to had not mention him. The great Russian piano school is my church of predilection though...smiley

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@mahgister How about Richter? 
And who has heard anything by Bella Davidovich? Another fantastic musician. 

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@mahgister How about Richter? 

 

Gilels as Richter were pupils of one of  my divinities for the piano: Sofronitsky...In fact among the 3 or 4  greatest Russian pianist probably.

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  • When Sviatoslav Richter and Sofronitsky drank a toast to seal their friendship, Sofronitsky proclaimed Richter a genius; Richter’s immediate response was to call Sofronitsky a "god".
  • Upon hearing of Vladimir Sofronitsky’s death, Emil Gilels is widely reputed to have said: "The greatest pianist in the world has died". 
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These statements reflect the incredibly high esteem in which both Gilels and Richter held Sofronitsky, who was relatively unknown in the West because he rarely performed outside the Soviet Union after the 1920s»
 
I am in total admirer of Scriabin...
Sofronitsky is one the rare pianist able to do justice to Scriabin ...Which fact in Russia means everything...
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